Tips and Tricks
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- best way to split a coconut
- This is not elegant or sophisticated; but it is the way I've always cracked coconuts. One of the eyes at the top of the coconut is very easy to puncture with a skewer or thin-bladed knife. Enlarge the hole so the milk...
- How to change crockpot recipe to regular stovetop
- This info is on how to change a regular recipe to crockpot cooking. Just use it in reverse for crockpot cooking to regular cooking. I've used it and it works. Converting One Dish Recipes to Crock Pot Board: Cooking...
- Shelling hard boiled eggs, Brenda, Loganville
- I usually am successsfully if after boiling the eggs, I drain them and shake the pot to crack the eggs. I then run cold water over them for 2 or 3 minutes until somewhat cooled. I fill the pot with cold water and peel ...
- Freezing Baker's Compressed Yeast (Fresh Yeast Blocks)
- Hi Marshall, Yes, you can freeze yeast in block form (fresh yeast). They will keep for up to 4 months in the freezer. Cook's Thesaurus suggests thawing fresh yeast blocks for a day in the refrigerator before using. ...
- Shelling Hard-boiled eggs
- Brenda, The eggs will peal much easier if you use eggs that are not fresh! Have the eggs sit in your refrigerator for at least a week. Then, place the eggs in a lg saucepan w/cold water to cover. On med-low heat, br...
- Draining Fat - I'm not so inventive
- I'm not so inventive Since I usually have dirty dishes around I pick a bowl and drain the burger in it then as it gets harder I scrap into lined trash can -- somtimes opening a box or aiming at a n open can .... I use ...
- How to Clean a Scorched Pot
- Last time I had scortched pans and or crock pots, I filled them with Hot water, put a few drops of dish soap in and threw in a bounce sheet, Let sit till the water cools off, then use the sheet and your normal spounge an...
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- Metric Conversion Chart
- CONVERSION CHART METRIC CONVERSION FACTORS: 1 fluid ounce = 29.6 milliliters 1 U.S. pint = 0.473 liter 1 U.S. quart = 0.946 liter 1 U.S. gallon = 0.84 imperial gallon = 3.8 liters 1 imperial gallon = 1.2 U.S. gal...
- Recipes/ideas for people with braces
- Our daughter got her braces in April, 2007. There are quite a few recipes we have tried. For snacks she eats - yogurt, oatmeal, ice cream (in small amounts), she will lightly toast a bagel and eat this with peanut but...
- Baking with Silicone Pan - Instructions for Use
- I just purchased a silicone baking set and the directions are as follows: Before first use, wash in warm soapy water and allow to air dry. Spray with non-stick spray before first use (not each time being used). ...
- tips for making chocolate cups using balloons
- Susan, i have tried a much safer way to make chocolate bowls. take a glass bowl (any size) cover the exterior of the bowl smoothly with aluminum foil. place bowl in freezer. melt cocolate in double boiler(not too liq...
- Basil Storing Tips
- I'm sure you're asking about storing fresh basil for use in fresh salads, or caprese. However, when I have ended up with a large amount of basil that I know is going to go bad before I can use it, I freeze it. Either wh...
- Great books about cooking.... From Here You Can't See Paris and Soul of a Chef
- I recently finished reading two nonfiction books about restaurant cooking. I liked them immensely. The first is From Here You Can't See Paris by Michael S. Sanders. He spent a year in southwestern France with his wif...
- Quart-Jar Bean Sprout Farm
- QUART-JAR BEAN SPROUT FARM Buy mung beans that have not been chemically treated. You'll find them in a health store or a gourmet shop that stocks Oriental foods. Carefully sort through the beans, selecting 1/2 cup of ...
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- Homemade Oat Milk (substitute for nut milk, blender)
- OAT MILK "Making oat milk may take you less time than running to the store to pick some up. While it isn't quite as rich or creamy as nut milk, it's much faster to make because oats require only 1 hour of soaking. It'...
- use WD-40 to remove crayon
- Using WD-40 is a the best it works right away. I thought I wouldn't ever be able to get it off my wood furniture I was using PLedge and that wasn't working at all. So I figured I try something close to it and it worked l...
- cough syrup from rock candy
- you use a pint of gin - my grandmother swore by the white liquors and place in the rock candy. The sweeter you want it the more rock candy you add. let sit in a dark cabinet. my grandmother also swore by...
- Serving food outdoors - keeping food hot
- The best thing that I've found is to wrap your pork in foil put it in a cooler. It will stay hot for 3-4 hours easy. I cook whole pork loins wrap them in foil and into the cooler. Still hot 4 hours later. They keep beer ...
- substitute for capers
- I use chopped green olives when I don't have capers. Works for me! ...
- Quantity Charts and Food Estimating Tips (repost)
- Quantity Charts and Food Estimating Tips (click here) Included: How to Estimate Food Quantites - How Much Food Per Person Tips - Cooking for Large Groups Quantity Cooking Tips Chart - Serves 100 Quantity Recipe...
- How to Blanch Almonds in a Microwave
- BLANCHED ALMONDS Place 1 cup water in 1 quart casserole; cover. Microwave at High 2 to 3 1/2 minutes, or until boiling. Add 1 cup unblanched whole shelled almonds. Microwave, uncovered, at High 1 minute. Drain. Slip s...
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- Buttermilk replacement
- I'm a student at Huntcliff school in Kirton in Lindsey and i was taught a really good replacementr for Buttermilk if you couldn't find it in the supermarkets: 1 tbsp of Lemon Juice 250 ml milk (alter accordingly) ...
- Too much brining
- From my experience in the world of culinary arts I have always found that recipes which call for brining do suggest that meats not be brined for over 24 hours. Since almost every recipe that I have used for brining sugge...
- Keeping Lettuce Fresh
- I know how kooky this sounds, but just a few weeks ago I heard on the food network to wrap a head of lettuce in tin foil. I have not needed to try this yet, but if it was on the food network, it may be worth giving a sho...
- Opening an old coconut
- Indian cooking expert Madhur Jaffrey suggests another way of opening an old coconut: Preheat the oven to 400F (medium-hot). Make two holes in the eyes of the coconut, using an ice pick or screwdriver. Drain out the co...
- How to freeze stuffed peppers
- When I make stuffed peppers ahead, I stuff the peppers with the raw mix and then freeze. I get them out of the freezer the night before I'm going to use them and let them thaw in the fridge before cooking the next...
- keeping whole nutmeg
- Hi Alice - A couple of years ago, I was in a wholesale spice place on Cape Cod and bought a small package (smallest they had) of about 20 whole nutmegs - I came home, put them into a Tupperware-type container, and hav...
- What to do with sprouting onions - use the tops
- I use sprouting onions as a garnish in foods that would be used the same as I would use a spring onion. I peel the onion back to the centre, where you will find usually 2-3 shoots that look like spring onions. These are ...
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- Cut Worm Cure
- I cut the bottom from a plastic or paper cup and plant the plant in it. With the cup above and below ground level, the cut worms can't get to...
- How to clean cruet
- Add some uncooked rice grains to the cleaning solution. Shake the bottle hard so that the rice "scrubs" the residue off the glass. ...